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MARIENTAL, 15 August 2026 - Education Minister, Sanet Steenkamp, engaging education officials, principals and other stakeholders in Mariental, Hardap Region. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Steenkamp calls for education realignment in Hardap

MARIENTAL, 15 AUG (NAMPA) – Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp has called for a ...

Garises Joe-chintha

NKURENKURU, 14 August 2026- Kavango West Regional Council Chief Regional Officer, Matheus Singambwe, said research must go beyond qualifications.

THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE PHOTO. PLEASE IDENTIFY THEM ALL OR AT LEAST IDENTIFY SINGAMBWE AND MENTION THE EVENT!

(Photo: Lylie Joel)
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Research must drive innovation and entrepreneurship: Singambwe

NKURENKURU, 15 AUG (NAMPA)- Kavango West Regional Council Chief Regional Officer, Matheus Singambwe, has advised academics tha...

OPUWO, 14 August 2026 - Two of the four toilets at the Okarukoro Primary School that were handed over by the Wavena Fishing Company on Friday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Wavena Fishing builds toilets for Okarukoro Primary School

OPUWO, 14 AUG (NAMPA) – Wavena Fishing and Processing Limited on Friday officially unveiled four newly constructed flushable...

Kaviveterue Virere

NKURENKURU, 14 August 2026 - The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology,and the International University of Management’s Nkurenkuru campus are calling on Namibians to move from consuming imported goods to creating and protecting local innovations through stronger intellectual property systems. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

NCRST pushes for creation, protection of local innovations

NKURENKURU, 14 AUG (NAMPA) - The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) has called on Namibians to mo...

WINDHOEK, 12 August 2026 - UNAM Vice-Chancellor Kenneth Matengu and Huawei Board director Jason Xu. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

UNAM, Huawei Namibia sign MoU to advance AI, digital skills development

WINDHOEK, 12 AUG (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) and Huawei Namibia on Monday signed a memorandum of understandin...

WINDHOEK, 11 August 2026 - Feminists and women’s rights advocates pictured during a discussion at the African Feminism Forum in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

African feminism forum calls for action beyond declarations

WINDHOEK, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – The African Feminism Forum has called for greater action to advance women’s political and econo...

OPUWO, 11 August 2026- Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Linda Mbwale, interacting with residents of the Otjikondavirongo Village to mobilise the community to establish an Early Childhood Development Centre. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Mbwale calls for community participation in ECD development

OPUWO, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Linda Mbwale has called for stronger community...

Kaviveterue Virere

NKURENKURU, 06 March 2025- Nkurenkuru health center in Kavango West Region.
(photo by: Lylie Joel)
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Poor network coverage undermines health services in Kavango West, MPs told

NKURENKURU, 11 AUG (NAMPA) – Poor and unreliable network coverage is undermining healthcare delivery in Kavango West, the Pa...

NKURENKURU, 10 August 2026 - Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Unreliable internet access cripples Kavango West schools

NKURENKURU, 11 AUG (NAMPA) - Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore, said most schools in the region remai...

WINDHOEK, 10 August 2026 - Vice-President Lucia Witbooi speaking during the official launch of the REALTEST Project at the University of Namibia. (Photo: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

REALTEST project to strengthen Namibia’s green hydrogen industrialisation drive

WINDHOEK, 10 AUG (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) on Monday officially launched the REALTEST project, a research a...

Ruguru Investment builds classroom block for Kamina JPS

NKURENKURU, 10 AUG (NAMPA) – Ruguru Investment CC on Monday handed over a brand-new classroom block worth over N.dollars 1 m...

HAVANA, 09 August 2026 - Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare (seated centre, wearing a hat) met with Namibian students studying in Cuba during a recent visit, affirming the government's commitment to their academic success and well-being. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Ngurare pledges support to Namibian students enduring hardships in Cuba

WINDHOEK, 10 AUG (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has assured Namibian students residing in Cuba that the Namibian gove...

Uakutura Kambaekua

Indigenous midwives essential providers of maternal care: Witbooi

KATIMA MULILO, 10 AUG (NAMPA) - Vice President Lucia Witbooi has said indigenous midwives served as essential providers of mat...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

NKURENKURU, 08 August 2026 - Learners attending an engagement session for the boy child at the Kavango West Regional Council multipurpose hall on Friday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Kavango West boys lead in exams but top school dropout list: Musore

NKURENKURU, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – Kavango West Regional Education Director, Pontianus Musore highlighted that boys in Kavango Wes...

Ndaitwah urges parents to raise boys as responsible citizens

NKURENKURU, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – The First Gentleman of Namibia, Lt Gen (Rtd) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, has called on parents to ...

OUTJO, 07 August 2026- Education Minister Sanet Steenkamp speaking during the official inauguration of school infrastructure at Outjo in the Kunene Region. ( Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Steenkamp inaugurates N$70 million school infrastructure in Kunene

OUTJO, 08 AUG (NAMPA) – Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp on Friday inaugurate...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Shafudah applauds UNAM's Veterinary Academic Hospital

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of Finance, Erica Shafudah, has applauded the University of Namibia (UNAM) for its respons...

WINDHOEK, 07 August 2026 - Khomas Regional Director of Education, Arts and Culture, Paulus Nghikembua (L)and Orban Primary School Principal Jan Cloete at the handover of the new Life Skills classroom donated by August 26 Construction to the Orban Primary School. (Photo: Ali Negumbo)

Orban Primary School receives new life skills classroom

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Orban Primary School on Friday received a newly constructed life skills classroom and storeroom val...

OUTJO, 07 August 2926 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp pictured during a meeting with school principals in Outjo on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

Steenkamp calls on Kunene principals to improve learner performance

OUTJO, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp has called on schoo...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Vice president lauds 1 200 Lingua College graduates

WINDHOEK, 06 AUG (NAMPA) - The International Training College-Lingua on Thursday marked 25 years of excellence and growth with...

Uakutura Kambaekua

NANJIN, 04 August 2026 - The Jiangsu Training Program for China-Africa Medical and Health Cooperation opened in Nanjing on 04 August, initiating a 30-day training exchange for 12 medical professionals from Namibia’s Khomas Region. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Jiangsu training programme for China-Africa medical cooperation starts in Nanjing

WINDHOEK, 05 AUG (NAMPA) – Twelve Namibian medical specialists were welcomed during an opening ceremony for the Jiangsu Trai...

Uakutura Kambaekua

WINDHOEK, 04 August 2026 - Newly appointed NUST Vice Chancellor, Frednard Gideon, pictured at the welcoming ceremony at the NUST main campus. (Photo: Esther Gabriel) NAMPA

NUST welcomes Gideon as vice-chancellor

WINDHOEK, 04 AUG (NAMPA) – The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) on Tuesday officially welcomed Professor ...

MPUNGU, 03 August 2026 - Construction has officially begun on a N$69 million school hostel at Bravo settlement in the Kavango West Region’s Mpungu Constituency, which is expected to significantly improve access to education for rural learners. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

N.dollars 69 million Bravo hostel project to improve access to education for rural learners

NKURENKURU, 03 AUG (NAMPA) - Construction has officially begun on a N$69 million school hostel at Bravo settlement in the Kava...

MARIENTAL, 01 August 2026 - Mariental Urban Constituency Councillor Iswarin Rooi officially opens the Mariental Urban Constituency Schools Cultural Festival. (Photo: Joe-Chintha) NAMPA

Mariental schools festival celebrates cultural diversity

MARIENTAL, 01 AUG (NAMPA) – The preservation of Namibia's cultural heritage and the promotion of unity took centre stage at ...

Garises Joe-chintha

WINDHOEK, 30 July 2026 - The Khomas Regional Council has officially dispatched a delegation of 12 medical specialists to Jiangsu Province, China. Departing this Friday, the team will undergo a 31-day observational fellowship at the prestigious Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

Namibian doctors head to China for advanced medical fellowship

WINDHOEK, 30 JUL (NAMPA) – The Khomas Regional Council on Thursday hosted a send-off for 12 medical specialists departing fo...

Uakutura Kambaekua

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, speaks at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day at Otjiwarongo on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Woman sues health ministry for N$3 million over failed breast reduction surgery

WINDHOEK, 30 JUL (NAMPA) – A woman is suing the Ministry of Health and Social Services for N$3 million over an alleged botch...

WINDHOEK, 29 July 2026 - Rebecca Dudu Roy, Manager of Higher Education at the Botswana Qualifications Authority. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

Workshop on higher education quality assurance starts in Windhoek

WINDHOEK, 29 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibia and Botswana have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening quality assurance in highe...

Maltahöhe participants urged to embrace digital learning

MALTAHÖHE, 27 JUL (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Hardap office on Monday launche...

Garises Joe-chintha

Otjozondjupa road safety campaign officially launched in Otjiwarongo

OTJIWARONGO, 27 JUL (NAMPA) – The Otjozondjupa Regional Road Safety Campaign, organised by the Directorate of Education’s ...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 28 December 2024 - NamPol spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi. (Photo by: Melissa //Hoebes) NAMPA

Windhoek woman reportedly shot dead by boyfriend

WINDHOEK, 26 JUL (NAMPA) – A 39-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her boyfriend at Havana Ongos in Wanaheda on Frida...

MARIENTAL, 24 July 2026 - Twenty-three vulnerable learners from schools across the Hardap Region received educational support packages on Friday through the Standard Bank Namibia Blue Child Champion Project, implemented in partnership with the Forum for African Women Educationalists Namibia (FAWENA). (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Standard Bank, FAWENA support vulnerable Hardap learners

MARIENTAL, 24 JUL (NAMPA) – Twenty-three vulnerable learners from schools across the Hardap Region received educational supp...

Garises Joe-chintha

REHOBOTH, 22 July 2026 - Minister of Health and Social Services Esperance Luvindao officially inaugurated the newly renovated radiology and laboratory units at the St Mary's Hospital in Rehoboth on Wednesday. (Photo by: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Radiology and lab units inaugurates St Mary's hospital

REHOBOTH, 23 JUL (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services Esperance Luvindao on Wednesday inaugurated the renovated ...

Garises Joe-chintha

KHORIXAS, 13 May 2026 - The Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Penda Ithindi, speaks at the mass memorial service of the 11 people who died in an accident south of Otjiwarongo on 01 May 2026. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Health Ministry launches internal probe after arrest of medical intern

OMUTHIYA, 21 JUL (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Health and Social Services has launched an internal administrative investigation ...

SWAKOPMUND, 12 June 2023 - Members of the Police Force addressing the hundreds of parents who gathered at the Mondesa Multi-Purpose Centre in Swakopmund to register their children for enrolment of pre-primary school and grade 1. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Erongo relaunches 2027 pre-primary, Grade 1 admissions

SWAKOPMUND, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – The Erongo Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture has relaunched ...

KATIMA MULILO, 17 July 2026 - The National Steering Committee responsible for developing the Namibia Space Science and Technology Bill held a one-day consultative meeting on Friday at the Zambezi Regional Council. Led by Dr Lisho Mundia, the Zambezi Region became the 10th region consulted on the proposed legislation. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Space Science and Technology Bill discussed in Zambezi

KATIMA MULILO, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – The National Steering Committee responsible for developing the Namibia Space Science and Tec...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

OTJIWARONGO, 17 July 2026 - The Otjozondjupa Regional Education Director, Gerhard Ndafenongo speaks at a planning meeting for the road safety initiative at Otjiwarongo on Friday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Road safety campaign headed for Otjozondjupa

OTJIWARONGO, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – A week-long road safety campaign organised by the Directorate of Education in the Otjozondjupa...

Mulisa Simiyasa